OSHA Inspection: GRECNATI BUILDERS INC.

Issued

Nov 13, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $640 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):  Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:    On site of Fort Pierce Vision Care located at 828 U.S. 1 in Fort Pierce, Florida:  An employee using  Hitachi pneumatic nail gun loaded with 3 inch nails performing roof work was not provided with eye protection equipment while exposed to a potential struck by eye injury, on or about October 17, 2012.

Issued

Nov 13, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $640 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(2):  Listed, labeled, or certified equipment was not installed and used in accordance with instructions included in the listing, labeling, or certification:      On site of Fort Pierce Vision Care located at 828 U.S. 1 in Fort Pierce, Florida:  An employee was using a circular saw being powered by a four way gang box that was attached to the end of an electrical extension cord which was not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturers  instructions, on or about October 17, 2012.

Issued

Nov 13, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $640 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10):  Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest system:    On site of Fort Pierce Vision Care located at 828 U.S. 1 in Fort Pierce, Florida:  Employees performing roof work on a low slope roof with unprotected edges approximately 13 ft. 7 inches above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level, on or about October 17, 2012.

Issued

Nov 13, 2012

Abate by

Dec 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $640 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1):  The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    On site of Fort Pierce Vision Care located at 828 U.S. 1 in Fort Pierce, Florida:  Employees performing roof work on a low slope roof approximately 13 ft. 7 inches above a lower level were not provided with a training program to recognize the hazards of falling, on or about October 17, 2012.     PLEASE NOTE:  CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

Nov 13, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $640 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):  Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladders length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface being accessed:      On site of Fort Pierce Vision Care located at 828 U.S. 1 in Fort Pierce, Florida:  Employees gaining access to and from a low slope roof approximately 13 ft. 7 inches above a lower level using an aluminum extension ladder did not have the side rails of that ladder extended at least 3 feet above that surface, on or about October 17, 2012.

Issued

Nov 13, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(8):  Ladders placed in a location where they could be displaced by workplace activities or traffic, such as in passageways, doorways, or driveways, were not secured to prevent accidental displacement, nor was a barricade used to keep the activities or traffic away from the ladder:    On site of Fort Pierce Vision Care located at 828 U.S. 1 in Fort Pierce, Florida:  Employees gaining access to and from a low slope roof approximately 13 ft. 7 inches above a lower level using an extension ladder set up in a parking lot outside a door did not have that ladder secured to prevent accidental displacement, on or about October 17, 2012.